Status survey of slender loris Loris tardigradus lydekkerianus in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India

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Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-37

  Singh, Mewa ^a   Lindburg, Donald G ^b   Udhayan, A ^a   Anand Kumar, M ^a   Kumara, H N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Loris conservation; Loris habitat; Loris morphological traits; Loris prevalence; Slender loris

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PRIMATE;

DINDIGUL; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

ACACIA; ANIMALIA; EUPHORBIA; LORIDAE; LORIS; LORIS TARDIGRADUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0032999664     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3008.1999.00033.x     Document Type: Review

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